“Este verano enfrentamos un mega-incendio (…) 26 compatriotas perdieron la vida y el fuego arrasó con cerca de 400 mil hectáreas en un par de semanas”
What Fast Check CL found
Según lo desglosado por un informe del Instituto Forestal, concretamente son 398.082 las hectáreas afectadas por los incendios forestales ocurridos en la zona centro-sur.
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In short
Gabriel Boric made this claim around 1 June 2023. Fast Check CL (Chile) looked into it and published its finding on 1 June 2023. Its rating was “Real”.
Gabriel Boric has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 26 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziwxNM3YwVE
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